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| ⭐️ Total score | 204 reviews |
| 👍 Quality of life score | |
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| 😝 Fun | |
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| 👌 Safety | |
| 👮♀️ Lack of crime* | |
| 🤝 Lack of racism* | |
| 🎓 Education level* | |
| 💰 Income level* | |
| 🙊 English speaking* | |
| 🚶 Walkability | |
| ✌️ Peace (no pol. conflict) | |
| 🚦 Traffic safety* | |
| 🏥 Healthcare* | |
| 😄 Happiness* | |
| 🍸 Nightlife | |
| 📶 Free WiFi in city | |
| 🖥 Places to work from | |
| ❄️ A/C or heating | |
| 😁 Friendly to foreigners | |
| 🗯 Freedom of speech* | |
| 👩 Female friendly | |
| 🌈 LGBTQ+ friendly | |
| 🎅 Startup Score |
| 🌍 Continent | Asia |
| 🚩 Country | China |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) |
🌥 33°C 92°F + 🥵 Sweaty (83%) = feels 47°C 117°F
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| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 46 US AQI 🍃 OK |
| 💨 Air quality (annual avg) | 👎☠️ 128.25 US AQI = 🚬 🚬 / day |
| 🔌 Power | 230V 50Hz |
| 🚕 Best taxi app* |
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| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |
Safetywing
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| 📱 Best wireless carrier | China Mobile |
| 💸 10 CNY in USD | USD 1.49 |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | CNY 1,000 = USD 149 |
| 💸 Tipping | No |
| 💳 Cashless | 💵 No, cash only (esp. for foreigners because WeChat is very hard to set up) |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | Starbucks |
| 🚰 Tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 1,200,000 people |
| 👨👩👧👦 GDP per capita* | $8,126 / year |
| 👫 Gender ratio (overall) |
👨 51% 👱♀️ 49% |
| 👫 Gender ratio (young adults) |
👨 56% 👱♀️ 44% |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Ganji |
| ✈️ Best short-haul air carrier | Hainan |
| ✈️ Best int'l air carrier | China Southern Airlines |
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $1,235 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $888 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $2,717 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $776 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $477 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $75 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $588 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel (median price) | $28 / night |
| 🏡 Airbnb (median from 8 listings) | $704 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb (median price) | $23 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $3 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $4 |
✅ Affordable to live
✅ Very safe
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm in the spring
✅ Good air quality today
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ Easy to do business
✅ Safe for women
✅ LGBTQ+ friendly
❌ No freedom of speech
❌ Unusably slow internet
❌ Not much to do
❌ Gets cold in the winter
❌ Very sweaty and humid now
❌ Difficult to make friends
❌ Quality of education is low
❌ Hospitals are bad
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ People don't speak English well
❌ Not family friendly
❌ People smoking tobacco a lot
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Feels |
46
8° cold |
54
12° cool |
57
14° cool |
66
19° mild |
77
25° warm |
91
33° hot |
111
44° scorching |
106
41° scorching |
95
35° hot |
70
21° mild |
64
18° cool |
55
13° cool |
| Real |
48
9°
cold |
55
13°
cool |
57
14°
cool |
66
19°
mild |
77
25°
warm |
81
27°
warm |
88
31°
hot |
86
30°
very warm |
84
29°
very warm |
70
21°
mild |
64
18°
cool |
55
13°
cool |
| Humidity |
nice 62% |
damp 77% |
damp 83% |
nice 72% |
nice 88% |
sweaty 98% |
sweaty 91% |
sweaty 93% |
sweaty 85% |
nice 81% |
damp 71% |
nice 62% |
| Rain |
dry 16mm |
rainy 60mm |
rainy 121mm |
rainy 51mm |
rainy 189mm |
rainy 223mm |
rainy 483mm |
rainy 198mm |
rainy 180mm |
rainy 142mm |
rainy 78mm |
dry 11mm |
| Cloud |
cloudy 52% |
cloudy 72% |
cloudy 83% |
cloudy 83% |
overcast 95% |
overcast 93% |
overcast 94% |
cloudy 79% |
cloudy 58% |
cloudy 65% |
cloudy 65% |
pockets 34% |
| Air quality |
bad 197 US AQI |
bad 203 US AQI |
bad 164 US AQI |
bad 136 US AQI |
bad 116 US AQI |
bad 130 US AQI |
bad 131 US AQI |
bad 118 US AQI |
bad 127 US AQI |
bad 137 US AQI |
bad 156 US AQI |
bad 168 US AQI |
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